Handlebar for implements



Jan. 15, 1929.

R. J. LANGER I HANDLE BAR FOR IMPLEMENTS Filed May 9, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet ,jfi M971 for: (102 07: Ila

Jan. 15, 1929. 1,698,759

R. J. LANGER I HANDLE BAR FOR IMPLBIIENTS Filed May 9, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 o N & b N i I ij fen to Patented Jan. 15, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLPH J. LARGER, OF MON'IICELLO, IOWA ASSIGNOR TO FRANKLIN EQUIPMENT COIPANY, OF MONTICELLO, IOWA, A CORPORATION OF IOWA.

HANDLEBAR FOR IMPLEMENTS.

Application filed May 9, 1927.

This invention relates to handle bars for farm implements, and particularly for use with plows, hand-trucks and the like.

Handle bars heretofore designed for these purposes have been made of wood and have proven objectionable because of the tendency of the wood to warp, bend and break. To overcome these objections, at least in part, the bars proper have been made of metal and the hand-hold portion of wood, the two being connected by bolts passed through the metal and wood. This type of handle bar has proven unsatisfactory in that it is unduly expensive to manufacture,.and is likely to develop weakness at the point of connection between the wooden handle and the metal bar.

The object of the present invention is to produce a handle bar which will obviate the above mentioned objections and will be light enough to be used comfortably and yet be strong and durable, which will not bend and break in use and which may be manufactured at an exceedingly low cost.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of a handle bar embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan View of a pair of handle bars connected together, ready for attachment to a plow or other implement.

Figure 3 is a transverse, sectional View, enlarged, taken in the plane of line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an end View, enlarged, of the hand-hold end of the handle bar.

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail of the handhold end of the handle bar in section.

Figure 6 is a. transverse sectional view, enlarged, taken in the plane of line 66 of Figure 1, and looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Figure 7 is a sectional, View, enlarged, taken in the plane of line 77 of Figure 1 and looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Figure 8 is a longitudinal, sectional view of a modified form of invention.

Figure 9 is a transverse sectional View, enlarged, taken in the plane of line 99 of Figure 8, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Figures 10, 11 and 12 are transverse sec- Serial No. 189,980.

tional views of modified forms of the body portion of the handle bar.

Referring now to the preferred form of my invention, shown in Figures 1 to 7 inclusive, it will be noted that the handle bar comprises an integral piece of metal, originally U- shaped in cross sections. The body portion 1 thereof is relatively long and straight, and merges into a hand-hold portion 2, through an integral curved portion 3. Throughout its length the metal of the body 1 is an inverted U in cross section as shown in Figure 3, but from the point 3 where the body 1 merges into the hand-hold 2, and to the end of the hand-hold 2, the edges 4, 5 of the U-shaped metal bar are pressed toward each other so as to meet (see Figure 6). In this manner there is provided an integral, hollow,-smooth hand-hold for the handle bar.

The metal constituting the hand-hold 2 is provided at its end with two or more tongues 6, adapted to be passed through slots 7 in aflanged cap 8 which fits over the end of the hand-hold 2. After having passed through the slot 7 of the cap 8 the tongues 6 are bent over and pressed closely against the outer surface of the cap 8.

The U-shaped body portion 1 is strengthened and the depending walls 9 and 10 thereof held in proper spaced apart relation by the interposition of Spreaders 11. A screw bolt may constitute the spreader but as shown in Figure 3 the spreader is a metal tube or bushing of a length to fit snugly between the walls 9 and 10. A wooden block of proper dimensions may be used as a spreader. The spreader 11 is held in place by a headed bolt 12 which extends through the wall 9, the spreader 11, and the wall 10, and is secured by a nut 13. Any desired number of spreaders 11 and bolts 12 may be used.

The end 14 of the body 1, opposite the handhold end is adapted to be connected to a plow, hand-truck and other implements. This connection may be made directly to the implement or through a metal link 15 as shown I in Figures 1 and 2. This link is preferably made of curved flat metal, and is provided with aperture 16 to facilitate its connection to the implement for which it is intended. A plurality of apertures 16 may be provided so as to make the connection between the link and the implement adjustable. As shown the walls 9 and 10 near the end 14 of the body member 1 are preferably pressed toward each other, so that one end of the link 15 will fit therebetweenand may be securely fastened thereto by one or more bolts 17 A pair of the handle bars herein above described may be united together to form a strong rigid handle construction, by means of the connecting rod 18, which is bent at 19 so as to have ends 20 parallel to the body portions of the respective handle bars, and adapted for connection to the bars 1. A brace rod 21 of any desired form is connected to the connecting rod 18 by a bolt 22 and to the handle bars 1. The bolts 12 which are used to hold the spreaders 11 in place also serve to securely attach the ends 19 of the connecting rod 18 and the ends of the brace rod 21 to the handle bars 1.

Referring now to Figures 8 and 9, it will be noted that the handle bar 1, the hand-hold 2, and the curved portion 3, the tongues 6 and cap 8 are identical with the parts similarly numbered and shown in Figures 1 to 7 in elusive. In the form shown in Figures 8 and 9, however, the spreaders 11 are dispensed with and a wooden filler 23 is provided.

The filler 23 is held in place by bolts and nuts 12 and 13 heretofore described. It extends from the attaching end to the curved portion 3 of the body 1 where it merges into hand-hold end 2. The filler 23 may be cut away at the end 2 1 to accommodate the end of the link 15.

The modified form shown in Figure 10 is similar to the bar 1 shown in Figures 1 and 3, excepting that the depending walls 9 and 10 are bent so as to form meeting flanges 25 and 26, to form a substantially closed bottom for the bar 1.

Figure 11 shows a modified form of bar 1, wherein the depending walls 9 and 10 are bent at 27 so as to bring part of said walls 9 and 10 together to be held by a bolt and nut 28, 29. In this form a spreader 11 may be dispensed with.

Figure 12 shows another form of the bar 1, wherein the walls 9 and 10 are pressed inwardly at 30 and the edges 31 brought together. In this form'the tubular spreader 11 with the bolt 12 and nut are used.

It will be manifest that no matter what may be the form, throughout the major part of its length, of the body portion 1, the metal thereof is pressed into the substantially round or oval cross-sectional form of the curved portion 3 and hand-hold 2 to provide a convenient smooth handle for the operator.

I claim as my invention:

1. A handle bar adapted for connection to an implement, comprising an integral, hollow, body member and hand-hold of metal, the metal of the hand-hold presenting a smooth curved surface, tongues integral with the hand-hold and extending beyond the end thereof, and a cap member held in position at the end of the hand-hold by said tongues.

2. A handle bar adapted for connection to an implement, comprising an integral, hollow, body member and hand-hold of metal, the metal of the hand-hold presenting a smooth curved surface, tongues integral with the hand-hold and extending beyond the end thereof, and a slotted, flanged cap member heldin position at the end of the hand-hold by said tongues passed through the slots and bent against the face of the cap.

3. A handle bar adapted for connection at one end to an implement, comprising an integral, hollow, body member and hand-hold of metal, the metal of the body member being substantially U-shaped in cross sections and merging into a hand-hold substantially circular in cross-section.

1. A handle bar adapted for connection at one end to an implement, comprising an integral, hollow, body member and hand-hold of metal, the body member merging into a handhold portion substantially round in crosssection,and spreader means between the side walls of the body member.

5. A handle bar adapted for connection at one end to an implement, comprising an integral, hollow, body member and hand-hold of metal, the metal of the body member being substantially U-shaped in cross-sections and merging into a hand-hold substantially circular in cross-section, and spreader means between the side walls of the body member.

6. A handle bar adapted for connection at one end to an implement, comprising an integral, hollow, body member and hand-hold of metal, the body member merging into a hand-hold portion substantially round in cross-section, and spreader means between the side walls of the body member, said spreader means being held in place by bolts passed through the spreader and the side walls of the body member.

7 A handle bar adapted for connection at one end to an implement, comprising an integral, hollow, body member and hand-hold of metal, the metal of the body member being substantially U-shaped in cross-sections, and merging into a hand-hold substantially circular in cross-section, and spreader means between the side walls of body member, said spreader means being held in place by bolts passed through the spreader and side walls of the body member.

8. A handle bar adapted for connection to an implement, comprising anintegral, hollow, body member and hand-hold of metal, the metal of the hand-hold presenting a smooth curved surface, and a curved apertured link for adjustably connecting one end of the handle bar to an implement.

9. A pair of handle bars adapted for connection at one end to an implement, oomprisby bolts extending through said rods and the ing integral, hollow, body members and hand spreader means in the handle bars.

holds of metal, the body members merging In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 10 into hand holds substantially round in cross my invention I afiix my signature this 4th section, spreader means between the side Walls day of May, 1927.

of the body members, a connecting rod between the handle bars and connected thereto RUDOLPH J. LANGER. 

